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blackberry

blackberry

13 1.0
A large sweet black fruit made of many small round parts
  • noun
  • /ˈblækˌbɛri/
translation icon : mora
  • Sweet blackberries!
  • blackberries and raspberries
  • blackberries and blueberries
  • Thornless Blackberries

Raspberries are related to blackberries and roses.

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Examples

  • I baked a mean blackberry apple crisp with our apple and blackberry harvest the other day.

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  • I wanna pick some blackberries.

  • And when you cut it, look at this, you get these like perfect little bites of BlackBerry in every bite.

  • - How much are the blackberries?

  • Does anyone else feel like they could eat all of the blackberries from the container at once?

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  • I picked these blackberries yesterday, Reuben.

  • Cornmeal pancakes with blackberry compote.

  • From a small packet of blackberries, select six to use as garnishes on top.

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  • Maria Elena had decided they would all cook a big dinner together, and she insisted they pick fresh blackberries.

  • Last summer, she picked fresh blackberries from the bushes in her backyard.

Synonyms

berry
vsblackberry
41 1.0

A small juicy fruit used in desserts and jams

is a specific large sweet dark fruit made of many small drupelets
Rubus fruticosus
vsblackberry
  • UK
8.2

A blackberry bush that bears sweet black or dark purple berries people eat

is the general species term used for the same fruit
true blackberry
vsblackberry
  • UK
2.0

A bush that grows sweet black or dark purple berries you can eat

is the broader name for that same type of fruit
Rubus ursinus
vsblackberry
  • Specialized
9.8

A North American blackberry plant with small black edible berries

is the typical large sweet dark fruit rather than a regional oblong type
western blackberry
vsblackberry
  • US
2.8

A wild bush that produces long black berries and grows in western North America

is the general large sweet dark fruit not limited to western regions
western dewberry
vsblackberry
  • Specialized
8.7

A wild blackberry bush with long black fruit that grows in western North America

is the common sweet, larger fruit rather than this regional variety
swamp blackberry
vsblackberry
  • US
6.7

A low spiny bush that grows in wet ground and has small black berries you can eat

is the larger sweet fruit made by various garden species
Rubus cuneifolius
vsblackberry
  • Specialized
9.9

A type of blackberry bush that grows in the eastern United States

is the general large sweet fruit rather than this specific shrubby species
sand blackberry
vsblackberry
  • US
8.3

A stiff bush that makes blackberries and grows in sandy soil in the eastern United States

focuses on the edible large dark fruit rather than the plant habitat
running blackberry
vsblackberry
  • US
7.1

A plant with long stems that grow along the ground and produce black berries

focuses on the large sweet edible fruit, not stem growth habit

Compounds

A bush with thorny stems that makes sweet dark berries you can eat

A sweet alcoholic drink that uses blackberries, strong alcohol, and sugar

A garden plant with orange flowers and seed pods that open to show seeds like blackberries

A plant with long stems that grow along the ground and produce black berries

A stiff bush that makes blackberries and grows in sandy soil in the eastern United States

A low spiny bush that grows in wet ground and has small black berries you can eat

A bush that grows sweet black or dark purple berries you can eat

A wild bush that produces long black berries and grows in western North America

How Ripe

overripe
7 3.0
blackberry
13 1.0
unripened
4.2

Surface Forms

blackberry singular
blackberries plural

Morphology

blackberry = black + berry (transparent) = black + berry

The fruit meaning is directly the combination of 'black' (colour) + 'berry' (small fruit), which learners can readily infer.

Etymology

Blackberry comes from the simple parts black and berry, meaning 'black' and 'berry'. People named the fruit for its dark color, so blackberry still means the sweet, dark fruit you can eat.